Lamp-bracket.



No. 661,686. y .Patented Nov. I3, |900. E. D. CASTELW.

LAMP BRACKET.

(Application filed Feb.- 25, 1897.) (No Model.)

al [V ii 1 1 l %/\X/wwA/u/ //vwQ/nxow UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELIJAH D. cAsTELow, oF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT;

LAM P-BRACKET.

SPCFI-ATIN forming part of Letters Patent No. 661,688, dated November 13, 1900. Application filed February 25,1897- Serial No. 624,950. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIJAHD. CAsTELow, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Meriden, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Lamp-Brackets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, whereby any one skilled in the art can make and use the same.

The object of my invention is to provide a bracket that may be removably attached to a piano or like article of furniture in a manner to avoid marring and which will hold the lamp firmly in the desired position and one which will also permit an adjustment of the lamp on the support for the purpose of throwing the rays of the light in the proper direction.

A device by means of which these results may be attained is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a top or plan view showing the bracket in position. y Fig. 2 is a View in side elevation of the bracket and lamp, with parts broken away to show construction. Fig. 3 is a view in rear elevation, on enlarged scale, of a modified form of the anchor-plate and end of the bracket. Fig. 4 is a view in central vertical section of thesame.

In the accompanying drawings the letter a denotes a piano or like article of furniture,

, and h an anchor-plate or socket-piece having a base 7J and parallel arms b2, extending at substantially right angles to the base-plate. This socketpiece is provided with holes through which screws may be driven to attach the anchor-plate to the upright surface of the back of the piano.

outer section of the bracket is held in any desired position with reference to the anchorplate and clamped there by means of a clampscrew d, extending through the wall of one of the branches, fitting a threaded socket therein and having its inner end thrusting against the surface of the rod. Other clam ping means may obviously be employed for holding the outer section of the bracket in place. About midway of the outer section a rest e is provided, secured to the arms of the section and having on the under surface a facing of cloth, felt, or other suitable soft material which will not injure the finished surface on which it rests.

On the outer end of the bracket a fountholder fis secured by means of a threaded stem on the one part lit-ting into a threaded socket on the other part. This fount-holder is adapted to receive a fount g, which is provided with the usual burner, lamp, chimney, and shade.

This bracket is more particularly adapted for use on a piano, the anchor-plate being secured to the rear of the piano near the upper edge, with the branches extending forward and located at a proper level above the top of the piano to receive and hold the arms of the outer section of the bracket. By making the outer section in one piece having two parallel branches, the inner ends of which are held in the branches in the socket-piece, great lateral rigidity is given to the bracket and at the same time provision made for preventing any torsional twist. The rest e is firmly secured across these two arms of the outer section in such way as to form a brace which aids in giving rigidity to the structure. The provision made for adjusting the outer section enables the lamp to be located in the proper position to throw the rays onto a book or piece of music placed on the music-rack in the usual position on the piano. When the lamp has been adjusted to the desired position with reference to the front of the piano, the outer section of the bracket is securely clamped in place by means of the clamp-screw CZ. This feature of lengthwise adjustability of the outer section is an iinportant feature of the improvement, and the rigidity provided by the long socket-bearings in the branches of the anchor-plate and the cross-brace formed by the rest are additional features of improvement. The structure as a whole is light, strong, easily packed for storage, and adapted to the peculiar conditions required in a lamp-bracket for such use.

be provided on the meeting surfaces of thei anchr-plate and yoke to prevent swinging" movement of the parts when engaged.

I claim as my inventionanchor-plate, tubular arms rigidly borne by the anchor-plate .and projecting forward at an angle thereto, a U-shaped outer section with its ends fitting Within saidfarms,vmeans for supporting a lamp or the like at the outer arms'p'rojecting forwardat an angle to the plane of the plate, a U-shaped outer section with its ends itting' within said arms, means for supportingalamp or the like at the outer end of said section, and a pad located besupportedithereby.

' E'LIJAH D. CAsTELoW.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR B. JENKINS, HARRIS E. -I-IART'.

, tween the branches of Athe outer section and 3o 1. In a lamp-bracket, in combination, an 

